Denise Ziegler is a visual artist born in Luzern, Switzerland who has worked and lived in Helsinki, Finland since 1990. Ziegler has studied in Luzern at Fachklasse für freie Kunst at Schule für Gestaltung (1986–90) and the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki (1996–97), where she also completed her doctoral studies in 2010. In her works Ziegler uses objects, sculpture, drawing, installations, painting and video. She has participated in solo and group exhibitions since 1989 in Finland, Scandinavia, Baltic countries, Europe, Asia and the United States.